JOHN OWUSU vs MARGARET DIOP

JUDGMENT The Plaintiff, John Owusu, caused his lawyer to issue a Writ of Summons against the Defendant, Margaret Diop, for declaration of title to the land in dispute, an order for recovery of possession, damages for trespass and an order of perpetual injunction. In his Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff asserts that he is a businessman who resides in Pokuase near the ACP Estates. According to the Plaintiff, in 1991, his late father, Kwabena Owusu, acquired two plots of land at Pokuase from Nii Otto Kwame III, the then Head of the Dodoo Clottey family of Pokuase in plaintiff’s name. The conveyance evidencing this transaction was stamped and indexed as No: LVB530/2001. His father took possession of the land in dispute by placing it under the care of a caretaker called Abu, who cultivated a farm on the land. With time, a dispute arose between two factions in his grantor family; as a result, he was compelled to obtain a new document from the current head of family, Nii Amo Dodoo. He .....